MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, the latest sign of a drive by Moscow to build up economic and security relationships with countries in west and central Africa. State TV showed Russian metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska was present at the talks between …
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BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s opposition has vowed to bring the West African country to a standstill on Thursday in a dispute over when the five-year mandate of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo expires. Opposition leaders say Embalo’s term runs out on Thursday, while Guinea-Bissau’s Supreme Court of Justice has ruled that it ends on September 4. …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The World Food Programme, the largest provider of food aid in Sudan, said on Wednesday it was forced to pause food distributions in Sudan’s famine-plagued Zamzam camp in North Darfur. The camp has been the target of repeated attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who seek to uproot the army and …
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PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – Mauritius has shut down its international airport after the government’s weather department issued a category 3 cyclone warning for the Indian Ocean islands, the airport’s operator said on Wednesday. The airport will close from 1910 local time (1510 GMT), Airports of Mauritius Ltd said in a statement. Earlier on Wednesday, the …
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By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria is automating its electronic visa approval and issuance process in an effort to boost travel and business, the interior minister said. This automation aims to eliminate lengthy wait times faced by travellers upon arrival and could end a thriving industry for middlemen who work with immigration officials to …
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(Reuters) -An initiative by the United States to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration after more than a decade of work, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Almost all of Power Africa’s programs have been listed for termination and the majority of …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Several military personnel and civilians were killed or injured after a Sudanese army plane was destroyed while taking off in Wadi Seidna Air Base, the army said in a brief statement on Tuesday. The army did not detail the reasons behind the incident or the exact death toll. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha …
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 50 people have died in recent weeks in two clusters of illness cases with unknown cause being investigated in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. As of February 16, there have been 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in …
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By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Tuesday said it would pause some bilateral aid to Rwanda and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali over its role in the conflict in neighbouring Congo, a move Kigali termed “punitive”. Rwanda is facing global pressure over allegations it supports the M23 group which, since January, has captured …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s customs have seized around 2,000 metric tons of falsely declared cocoa beans worth around $19 million at its main port in Abidjan, two customs sources and one judicial source said on Tuesday. Cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is usually smuggled over Ivory Coast’s western border to Guinea and Liberia …
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